Coke-handling mechanism



Feb. 22,1927. 1,618,701

D. P. FINNEY V v COKE HANDLING MECHANISM Filed Deo. 4 1925 2 sheets-Sheet 1v Feb. 22, 1927.

.D. F. FINNEY COKE HANDLING MECHANISM Filed Deo. 4 1925 2 ASheets-smeet 2 Patented Feb. 22, 192:7.

UNITED STATES DAVID PATTERSON FINNEY, OF CLAIIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COKE-HANDLING MECHANISM.

Application filed December 4, 1925* Serial No. 73,166.

l This invention relates to material storage platforms and handling mechanism, and more particularly to inclined storage plate forms such as coke wharfs which includeA an vV endless conveyer for conveying the material away from said platform, and has for its object the provision of a novel form of control and feeding mechanism for controlling the discharge yof material from the platform and guiding such material onto the endless conveyer.

Another object is to provide al novel form of control and feeding mechanism especially adapted for use with'coke wharfs whereby the handling of the coke is facilitated and less breakage of the coke and wear of the mechanism is had than with mechanism heretofore in use.

A further object is to provide control and feeding mechanism having the novel design, construction and combination of parts hereinafter d escribed and illustrated in the accompanymg rawm s.

In the drawings: g Figure 1 is a sectional elevation through the lower portion of a coke wharf havin my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on the line II-II of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 2 designates the storage v. platform or wharf which is inclined so as topermit the coke 0r other material to slide downwardly by gravity and onto an endless conveyer 3 located below the lower edge thereof. A A suitable supportin Vstructure 4 is provided for supportingt e" endless conveyer 3, material control gates; A] and material .feedingor distributing mechanism B'.

The gates A are each composed of a curved or convex imperforate' cut-of plate 5 provided with teethtiA- along its longitudinal edges and's'ecuredlto asupporting frame 7.' The gate frames "7 'are provided with lugs or ears 8 which are pivotally or hingedly secured at 9 to lugs 10-on a beam 11 mounted on the supporting frame or structure 4. Each of the gate frames 7 are providedwith 50 rearwardly extendingcounterwe' ht arnis 12 to facilitate the 'operation of lille gates,

and hand-holds 14 are provided at the upper Y ends of the gate frames for the .operator to grasp when operating the gates.

. When coke is dumped onto a coke wharf it is still warm andoccasionally there are hot spots which areincandescent. This condition creates a natural draft along' the wharf,

which draft at times will cause combustion of the incandescent coke. B the use of the imperforate gate or cut-olf p ate this natural draft is vmaterially reduced and, therefore,

vthere is less likelihood of the combustion :are supported on the structure 4 between the wharf 2 and conveyer 3 and is adapted 70 to deliver the coke onto the conveyer.

The transverse feeding and gulde plates 17 are spaced longitudinally of the side plates 16 and are inclined downwardlyin the direction of travel of the conveyer 3 so 75 that the coke or other material liowmg onto said plates will have its direction of travel changed and will be compelled to slide down over said plates so as to be fed onto the conveyer in a uniform manner with very little drop and consequently with minimum breakgA' bridge plate 19 extends between the platform or wharf 2 and the chute so as to permit the coke or other material to flow by gravity from the wharf 2 into the chute when the gates A are opened.

A pair of side retaining plates 20 are secured to' the structure 4 and extend `along each side of the conveyer 3 to prevent 90 spillage from the 'conveyen v In operation the gates A are opened to permit the coke or other material to iow by gravity into the chute where the plates 11 will intercept said material so as to retard its flow and change its direction. T he plates cause a 'uniform lfeed of thematerlal with a very short vertical drop, thereby materially reducing breakage of the material and wear of the conveyel'?.

While I have shown and described one specilic embodiment of'my invention it will be understood that I do not wish tobe limited thereto, since various modification. may be readily constructed without departing from -the scope of my invention as dened in the appended claims.

' I claim:

1. The combination with an endless conveyer for lump material such as coke, of a ide mechanism for guiding the materia onto said conveyer, said guide mecha# nism oompyising spaced side ed above und extending in a. dii-echan longitudinnlly of seid oonveyer, und n plurality of feeder lates moulnted between seid sidfe I M .tum y seid feeder platee i v I1y lndin thediredion of travel ofsnid oonveyer,sonstoeedhematerin1ontbsaid oonveyer uniformly und Vith a minimum illiecombinetionwithlnendloonveyerforlumpnnterinlsndr'asookgofl onto eonmeyel'l nid guide mednnian oom' spaeedndeplltesmountednbove n.l1\'1 inndiredion ',"y ofelldicveyerdtolfomlnopmbom trough ve nei eonveyer, n lunlity' of feeder monntedbdweenllndcumd thereof, said feeder pluis bem? downwardly es in the dilution toseidside phtesllndspeeedlopgitudimll o bevel of lgnidemeehnnisnforgui themxhegill onto seid eonveyer, nld gui mechanism oomprisi spaced side plates mounted above extending in n dileetionY longitudinally of mid eonveyer, and l. plurallty of eedeif plates mounted between and securedfoslidsidepletesmdspedlongitudinnlly thereoL-slid plm-tes beinginelineddownwardlyundintlmedirediovnufV travel ofsaid oonveyezgsonstofeediheme- .j a minimum of drop.

Intuiimonywhereolhnvebeleunh) set my hand. e DAVID P'JIEBSON FINNEY. 

